Dmitry Dorofeyev
Dmitri Mikhailovich Dorofeev (Russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Дорофеев; born November 12, 1976 in Kolomna ) is a Russian speed skater.
Biography
Dmitry Dorofeev was born in the Soviet Union in 1976 and grew along with two brothers and two sisters in a suburb of Moscow, where he still lives today. At the age of nine years Dorofeev was discovered at his school from a speed skating coach who approach led him to the sport. His start in the World Cup was the 73.5 kg heavy and 1.73 m wide Athlete on February 22 1997 at the age of 21 years on the open-air train from Innsbruck, where he finished in 15th place over 500 meters.
For the first time was able to draw attention to themselves Dorofeev in the 1999/2000 season in the same place as he could carry away at the World Cup victory over 500 meters ( Win time 35.74 sec) before the Americans Casey FitzRandolph and the Japanese Hiroyasu Shimizu. At this success, he was not able, finishing at the Sprint World Championships in 2002 in Seoul tenth place respectively in the subsequent Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on the 18th place over 500 meters. In the Sprint Cup in 2004 in Nagano Dorofeev only reached 31st place at the event a year later in Salt Lake City Place 21
The jump back into the world's top managed Dorofeev in autumn 2005 in the Olympic season succeeded the on the 500 -. 1000 - meter track specialist athletes at the World Cup in Turin (1000 m) and Inzell (500 m, 1000 m, 500 m) to achieve four wins and four second places to achieve. He increased his personal best time over 500 m at 34.86 seconds and over 1000m on 1:09,32 minutes. In the Sprint World Championships 2006 in Heerenveen itself Dorofejev only the American Joey Cheek had to admit defeat and won ahead of local hero January Bos the silver medal. At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin, the Russian speed skater heard as World Cup leader of the favorites over 500 and 1000 meters. About 500 meters Dorofeev won by two runs with a time of 1:10,41 minutes behind Joey Cheek the silver medal.